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| First American storyteller to be recognized Internationally |
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| Enjoyed listening to ____ |
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| He wrote ___________, which contains stories that made fun of many things that happened in the past. |
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| Penname used for History of New York: |
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| New York was originally settled by: |
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| Penname used for The Sketchbook |
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| The Sketchbook contains which two of his most famous short stories? |
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| "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
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| "Sunny Side" on the banks of the Hudson River |
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| The Devil and Tom Walker is an example of: |
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| Where did Captain Kidd bury the fortune? |
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| Coastline outside of Boston |
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| How was Captain Kidd killed? |
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| Elements which provide clues about something that will happen later |
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| witches used roots from this for spells and potions. Long ago, people believed that the roots were poisonous and even hallucinagenic |
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| 1. He has presided over the sacrifice of white captives by the Indians. 2. He is in charge of all slave trade. 3. He is presided over the Salem Witch Trials. 4. He helped persecute the Anabaptists and the Quakers |
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| a poor man that makes a deal with the devil |
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| Tries to make a deal with the devil, never seen again |
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| Someone that lends money to make a profit with interest |
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| friend of Poe's that was angry with Poe for writing a critical article on one of his literary works. Trashed Poe's reputation by writing lies about him after he died |
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| Theories related to Poe's death |
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| Poe's father abandoned baby Poe and his mother in |
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| At the age of two, Poe was taken in by whom? |
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| A wealthy tobacco merchant, John Allan |
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| What tormented Poe the most out of all his troubles? |
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| Lack of love and attention |
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| Mr. Allan moved the family to where? |
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| How old was Poe when he returned to America? |
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| Poe enrolled at which university? |
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| The University of Virginia |
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| To earn 'brownie points' with Mr. Allan for the shame of his gambling debts and expulsion from UOV, Poe enrolled where? |
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| After being disowned by Mr. Allan, Poe moved to |
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| He moved in with his aunt: |
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| literary magazine in which Poe worked |
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| Southern Literary Messenger |
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| literary magazine in which Poe worked |
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| Southern Literary Messenger |
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| literary critic for poetry, stories, and essays |
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| Poe sold the manuscript for "_______" for $10 in order to buy food. |
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| Virginia died from ________ in ______ |
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| Poe's contributions to Literature: |
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| 1. He influenced all modern poetry. 2. He developed the theory of American literary criticism. 3. He was America's first important literary critic. 4. He was the inventor of the detective story. 5. He is the father of the short story. 6. He created the "single effect" in short stories |
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| Poe's three greatest poetry works |
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1. "The Raven"
2. "The Fall of the House of Usher"
3. "Bells" |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson's dad died when he was only |
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| Went to Harvard and studied: |
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| Theology (study of religion) |
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| Emerson also became a unitarian minister and married his love, Ellen in what year? |
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| Ellen died __ months later |
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| Emerson resigned from the ministry in what year? |
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| Emerson traveled to ______ |
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| Which famous poets did Emerson meet while in Europe? |
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| William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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| Emerson returns to the U.S. and settles where? |
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| He remarried a woman named |
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| Not being able to stand how people called her "Lydier", Emerson renamed his wife what? |
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| He called Nature his what? |
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| Emerson's most famous work: |
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| a view that the basic truths of the universe lie beyond the knowledge we obtain through our senses. |
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| to know something without being told |
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| Emerson called intuition what? |
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| "The highest power of the soul." |
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| "It never reasons, never proves, it simply perceives." |
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soul=self
soul=conscience
soul=the little piece of God within us |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson's most famous quote: |
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| "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string." |
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| "To be great is to be misunderstood." |
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| At Henry David Thoreau's funeral, Emerson said that he lacked what? |
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| Emerson died at the age of: |
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| Ground-zero of the transcendentalist movement |
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| Henry David Thoreau was born in _______ in ____ |
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| Concord, Massachusetts in 1817 |
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| Thoreau did not want to be: |
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| A minister, lawyer, or merchant |
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| Thoreau lived in Emerson's home for ___ years |
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| A teacher, in his father's pencil factory, handyman, and land surveyor |
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| He returned to ______ after leaving Harvard |
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| Thoreau died of _____ at what age? |
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| Tuberculosis, said to be related to lead poisoning from working in his father's pencil factory. Age 44, year 1861 |
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| "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." |
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| Emerson was the teacher, Thoreau was the student |
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| He would not pay his poll taxes in protest of_______ and ________ |
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| As a result of his night in jail, Thoreau wrote the essay "____________" |
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| The main idea of "Civil Disobedience" is that: |
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| a person has a right to peacefully protest against the government if the citizen is morally opposed to what the government is doing. |
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| These men were influenced by Civil Disobedience: |
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1. Tolstoy
2. Mahatma Ghandi
3. Martin Luther King |
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| "I wanted to live deep, and suck out all the marrow of life." |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in |
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| His father was a ________ |
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| sea captain, lost at sea when he was only four years old. |
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| Hawthorne attended __________ |
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| Which future poet and future president attended with him? |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Franklin Pierce |
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| After graduation, Hawthorne spent ___ years at his mother's home practicing writing. |
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| He called this period of time his "_____" |
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| He wrote a collection of short stories called |
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| He joined a "transcendentalist farm" which was an experimental utopian society called: |
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| He married an artist named: |
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| He moved in to the same house where Emerson wrote Nature called: |
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| Franklin Pierce appointed him to a government job in Salem at the |
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| The Scarlett Letter was published in: |
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| He died suddenly while visiting ____________ for his health. He died in his sleep. |
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| Who was one of his pall bearers? |
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| a story told to teach a lesson |
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| the person who rings the church bell and takes care of preparations for the church service |
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| a punishment given to receive forgiveness of sins |
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